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I am dying to have these stripes in my home!  

I bought plain white curtains at Ikea and I have this urge to paint big chunky stripes on them!  I know the stripes on these curtains were sewn on... and I guess I could do that too... but I think I want to try painting!  Call me crazy!  I want to paint different prints on curtains for all my rooms ... haha!  Plus I love the added pop of color.  

 

my home & the motivator ...

Anyone who has come to my home over the last 5 years has probably noticed that I have issues when it comes to hanging things on my walls.  

No, its not that I don't want to put holes in my walls... it's because I panic!   

What if I don't like it there... will it really look ok... 

For some reason I always second guess myself when it comes to decorating.  Honestly, it kind of freaks me out!!  I can go to a store with a vision... pick out an item or design an item that is amazing and bring it home to go in a closet.  ha!! 

Anyway...

So I was picked to be featured on Studio 5 for one of their house calls... a cooking house call!  Yep... they were coming to my house.  A house can't be on t.v. unless it's cute!  Well that's what I thought!  lol.  

I had a lot of things to do.  (keep in mind that this is all stuff that I had already.. just tucked away lol) 

First... we had to get rid of the ugly green wall!!  

I had some paint called Collonade Gray from Sherwin Williams.  I plan on finishing the rest of my home in this color after the holidays and when I have the $$ to buy more :)  So for now we only painted over the green wall and then the 2 short walls in our home.

Thanks to mom, Des, Jessica and Lindsi for helping me paint!! We were done in less than 3 hours!!

After we were done painting I called in a favor to my bestie Amy Twitty  for some decorating help!  I swear this is the only thing we don't have in common... she can decorate on a whim and I can not!  She is so talented!  She came in and she conquered in about an hour and a half ... to me that is amazing since she had no idea what I had to decorate with!  I didn't have a ton of stuff... but it made a huge difference!! 

 the wall above still needs to be painted.

Amy also came up with the idea to use the stencil I had to make these boards.  So a few days later Logan picked up some cheap white foam boards at WalMart... they came in a pack of 3 for about $2!  So he then painted them with leftover paint we already had!  Woot Woot!!    Later down the road I would really like to do a photo gallery on this big wall and then actually stencil the 2 short walls with a pale blue.  And I plan on adding some more yellows, greens, and blues and pretty much any other color that will go with other accessories down the road! 

If you ever need help decorating, getting ideas, or re-finishing furniture you already have you should call in Amy to help you!  I promise you will not regret it!  You can check out some of her recent projects here or here !!

 

if you came over today....

this is what you would find

   

 
I'll be honest...
It kind of stresses me out just posting this picture
but
I'm learning that I can't worry so much about what people think about my messy house and my raggedy ann lookin' kids!  lol

this right here is my life... every day
I have 2 babies and a toddler who need me - their mommy
that is so much more important than cleaning, crafting, web browsing - (right now doesn't count because they are all asleep :) 

I am actually grateful for this right here
Because to someone else
this is what they have always dreamed of
kids... a messy house... piles of laundry... 


Why do I love this picture?
A true reflection of my life
my kids having fun
Its white balance is way yellow - thanks to the GREAT lighting in my house
Its super grainy - my iso was all the way to 1600
Oh and in a way... this is job security for me :)  

4 months and happy

I have decided to try to schedule blogging into my crazy life... 

Tuesdays...

Thursdays...

and Sundays...

If I have more time other than that ... we will see if blogging makes the cut lol.  

Oaklee and Carea are 4 months old!  

They both weigh a little more than 13 lbs and Oaklee is almost an inch longer than Carea...

It's so amazing to watch 2 babies grow.  They are so different in almost every way! 

Even their growth spurts are at different times

Oaklee is a wiggle worm... literally!  She rolls and wiggles around the room... she gets frustrated a lot because I think she wants to do more than what her body will allow!  She smiles at almost everyone and it doesn't take much either.  If you look at her in the eyes... chances are you will get to see her little face light up!  Her cheeks are big and her legs have so many rolls on them!  

Carea is more serious... (just like big sister Larkyn)  She is more observant of the world around her and she will also smile at ya... but you better come prepared to work for it.  She has only rolled over twice... I honestly think it scares her.  She loves to sit in her bumbo and watch Larkyn dance around the room.  

Oaklee is on the left and Carea on the right

Both girls have been working on blowing raspberries, love to be read to, love splashing in the tub, love big sister Larkyn, of course they all admire their daddy, and they have started loving on all their toys!! 

Then there's Larkyn... She is seriously the funniest, most polite, shy, loud, crazy, dirty, princess, daddy's girl I have ever met!  She makes me laugh all the time!  I'm not just saying that either. 

Some of her great words she's learned from her mommy:

Gosh dang it Log

What the freak!  
Holy Hanna
Ahh man
I hate this
Stupid cat
Awesome
Yowza
Wowzer
Yes Ma'am
Yes Sir

I'm telling you... she will say these things at the most random times during the day to the funniest things that happen!  I should just record her for a day!  Love her!!  
She got this white/chalk board from her Gammy Carol and SHE LOVES IT!  She draws on this thing all day long!  And you better believe she wrote the alphabet!  (it definitely wasn't me or Logan)  hahaha! 

You might notice the paint on the wall behind the twins... YES I FINALLY decided on a color!  I am so excited for our walls to be a different color than the carpet!   Now I just need some more time to get it done!!  Can't wait!  I will post before and after pics of that project!!   

Happy Tuesday everyone! 

my cute front porch...

 

Even tho I am a busy momma to 3...

I still try to get my craft on!  :)

All three pieces here have been spray painted... a new addiction.  And to get my chalk board all I did was spray a magnet board with chalk board spray paint!   

I'm considering painting the wood around the chalk/magnet board gray... and hopefully next year I'll be able to find some vibrant red flowers to put in my bucket!  :)   

I think eventually I will hang some chalk in a cup for our friends and neighbors to leave us messages when they come by.  

But for now... I just leave random words of encouragement for the world to see!! 

Happy Tuesday! 

ps... this blog is still under construction